Editing Mr. Show with Bob and David (section)

===''David's Situation''===
Odenkirk and Cross reunited in 2008 to create the HBO pilot ''David's Situation'', which was shot but never aired.<ref name="vf">''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' article: "[https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2008/04/david-cross-and Mr. Pilot!: An Interview with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116171142/https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2008/04/david-cross-and |date=2020-11-16 }}."</ref><ref name="avcross">''[[The A.V. Club]]'' article: "[https://www.avclub.com/david-cross-1798221900 David Cross] ."</ref> The network gave the pair $400,000 to shoot a pilot (which was shot on the ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' [[soundstage]]), which appeared to go well during the taping; however, while Cross and Odenkirk were editing the episode, they felt it failed to "capture that same energy on screen."<ref name="vfcross">''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' article: "[https://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/10/david-cross-says-he-is-not-angry-or-bitter.html David Cross Pleads Mercy for Insulting Your Best Friend Jesus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116171130/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2010/10/david-cross-says-he-is-not-angry-or-bitter |date=2020-11-16 }}."</ref> In an interview with ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', Cross said, "We told them that we didn't want to do this show, we'd rather do ''Mr. Show 2.0''. And they were like, 'Yeah, O.K., that's great, but the thing is, we don't have any more money for this year. But we'll figure out something next year.' And we never heard from them again."<ref name="vfcross" />